The flora of Erath County, Texas, U.S.A.
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https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v15.i2.1169Abstract
Knowledge of county floras in Texas is crucial for determining species composition, management, preservation, and restoration across the state. Like most Texas counties, floristic data for Erath County, Texas, is poorly known. The objectives of this investigation were to compile a flora for Erath County, determine the intro-duced, endemic, threatened, and endangered species, as well as make comparisons to the county’s original flora and that of the North Central Texas region. Field work was conducted from September 2003 to December 2009 at 35 sites in Erath County. In addition herbaria were searched to locate specimens from Erath County. A total of 870 species (888 taxa) were identified in 103 families. One hundred forty-four taxa were introduced while 744 taxa were native. Eighteen of the species are Texas endemics. There were two rare plants, Dalea reverchonii and Penstemon guadalupensis, but no threatened or endangered plants were found during the inves-tigation. Four state-listed noxious species were collected during the investigation—Arundo donax (giant reed), Convolvulus arvensis (field bindweed), Tamarix chinensis, and T. gallica (salt-cedars).
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Gough, L.C. 1923. The vascular plants of Erath County, not including Poales. Master’s Thesis. University of Texas, Austin, Texas, U.S.A.
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Hoagland, B.W., I.H. Butler, F.L. Johnson, & S. Glenn. 1999. The Cross Timbers. In: R.C. Anderson, J.S. Fralish, & J.M. Baskin, eds. Savannas, barrens, and rock outcrop plant communities of North America. Cambridge University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A. Pp. 231–245.
Nelson, A.D., R. Rosiere, K. Gamez, & K. Lowey. 2018. Composition of a hardwood bottomland forest on the Colorado River in the Lampasas Cut Plain of Texas. Phytologia 100:129–144.
Nelson, A.D. & S. Kieschnick. 2016. A comparison of a walnut limestone glade and peripheral barren habitats for Dalea reverchonii (Fabaceae). J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 10:605–610.
Parker, J. 2001. Baseline inventory and key to the trees, shrubs, and woody vines on Tarleton State University’s Hunewell Ranch, Erath County, Texas. Master’s thesis, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Texas, U.S.A.
Poole, J.M., W.R. Carr, D.M. Price, & J.R. Singhurst. 2007. Rare plants of Texas. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
Powell, A.M. & R.D. Worthington. 2018. Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas. Sida, Bot. Misc. 49. Botanical Research Institute of Texas Press, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Rosiere, R., A.D. Nelson, D.G, McGahan, & K.R. Smith. 2018. Composition, structure, and developmental determinants of a scrub oak forest in the West Cross Timbers of North Central Texas. Texas J. Agric. Nat. Res. 31:39–82
Rosiere, R., A.D. Nelson, & L. Cowley. 2013. Composition and structure of a mixed-hardwood bottomland forest in the West Cross Timbers of north-central Texas. S. W. Naturalist 58:81–90.
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Swadek, R.K. & T.L. Burgess. 2012. The vascular flora of the North Central Texas Walnut formation. J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 6:725–752.
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Wagner, B.J., J.R. Thomas, E.R. Harris, E. Deleon, C.G. Ford, & J.D. Kelley. 1973. Soil survey of Erath County, Texas. United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, U.S.A.
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2021-12-10
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Nelson, A. D. ., Cotton, T. ., Brown, S. ., Cowley, P. ., & Harsley, S. . (2021). The flora of Erath County, Texas, U.S.A. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas, 15(2), 715–737. https://doi.org/10.17348/jbrit.v15.i2.1169
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